There are 9 ways to get from Moscow to Edinburgh by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Moscow Vnukovo to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane VKO - EDI
12h 24m£191–433Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SVO - EDI
13h 14m£69–235Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest Ctrain
- Take the bus from Brest Bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 1h£411–753Train, bus
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsktrain
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Elblągbus 900 / ...
- Take the bus from Elblag, Bus Station to Lillebus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 7h£381–625Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Moscow to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
35h 11m£579–799Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SVO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 27m£71–280Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsktrain
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Limburgbus 905
- Take the train from Limburg to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 6h£426–810Bus
- Take the bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's Housebus
2d 8h£217–392Bus, train
- Take the bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraalbus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 15h£423–727
Moscow to Edinburgh by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Moscow to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £65 - £240 and takes 13h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Moscow to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 12h 24m and costs £190 - £440.
No, there is no direct bus from Moscow to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Метро «Библиотека имени Ленина» and arriving at St Andrew's House via Moscow, International Bus Station, Warsaw, Bus Station West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Moscow and Edinburgh is 1594 miles.
The best way to get from Moscow to Edinburgh without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 2 days 1h and costs £410 - £800.
It takes approximately 12h 24m to get from Moscow to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Moscow to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Bon Voyage, depart from Moscow, International Bus Station.
The best way to get from Moscow to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 12h 24m and costs £190 - £440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £210 - £400 and takes 2 days 8h.
Moscow to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Bon Voyage, arrive at Warsaw West station.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Moscow. It is currently 5:20 AM in Moscow and 3:20 AM in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Moscow, Russia and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and SunExpress fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Метро «Библиотека имени Ленина» to St Andrew's House via Метро «Тропарёво», Troparevo, Salaryevo, Moscow, International Bus Station, Warsaw West, Warsaw, Bus Station West, and London Victoria in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–240
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–240
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belgrade, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–250
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–250
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–500
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–500
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Edinburgh Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–420
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–420
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–430
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–430
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belgrade, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–210
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–270
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Edinburgh Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belgrade, Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest C
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- £40–50
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- £70–85
- 1nd Class (SW)
- £120–170
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest C
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- £65–90
- 1nd Class (SW)
- £140–200
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- £35–50
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–260
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Limburg to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- £130–190
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- £30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- £40–60
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- £130–190
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- £30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- £40–60
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Limburg to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Brest Bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Elbląg
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Limburg
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Elblag, Bus Station to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's House
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw West
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £56–112
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- £112
- Children
- £56
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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